Cognitive status, stroke symptom reports, and modifiable risk factors among individuals with no diagnosis of stroke or transient ischemic attack in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

..Information about the nature of functional difficulties in MCI can be used to augment common clinical assessment procedures, and aspects of function that are affected in MCI can serve as meaningful endpoints for intervention trials...

Changes in everyday function in individuals with psychometrically defined mild cognitive impairment in the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly Study

Cognitive status, stroke symptom reports, and modifiable risk factors among individuals with no diagnosis of stroke or transient ischemic attack in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

..It is speculated that fear of falling, which often results in reduced mobility among older adults, might account for the lack of a direct relationship between age and falling. This hypothesis should be examined in further research...

..Life-space, a measure of movement through one's environment, may be viewed as one aspect of environmental complexity for older adults. We examined the relationship between life-space and subsequent change in cognitive function...

Can high-risk older drivers be identified through performance-based measures in a Department of Motor Vehicles setting?

..Race and gender differences in 1-year stroke outcomes were examined using an epidemiologically derived sample of first-time stroke survivors from the national REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study...

Changes in social support and their impact on psychosocial outcome over a 5-year period for African American and White dementia caregivers

..African Americans have been found to be more resilient to the caregiving role than Whites. Amount of social support and satisfaction with social support were studied as possible explanations for these racial differences...

Predictors of driving exposure and avoidance in a field study of older drivers from the state of Maryland

David E VanceDepartment of Psychology, Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 2100, USAAccid Anal Prev 38:823-31. 2006

..The implications of these findings are discussed as they relate to designing interventions to promote mobility...